UJOBE 41

₁Ungakhipha uLeviyathani* ngodobo,

ucindezele phansi ulimi lwakhe ngentambo, na?

₂Ungafaka igoda lomhlanga ekhaleni lakhe,

ubhoboze umhlathi wakhe ngodobo, na?

₃Uyakwenza imikhuleko eminingi kuwe,

akhulume kuwe amazwi athambileyo, na?

₄Uyakwenza isivumelwano nawe

ukuba umthathe abe-yinceku kuze kube-phakade na?

₅Ungadlala naye njengenyoni,

umbophele amantombazana akho, na?

₆Abathengi bangathengiselana ngaye,

bamahlukanise phakathi kwabahwebi, na?

₇Ungagcwalisa isikhumba sakhe ngezinhlendla,

nekhanda lakhe ngamathatha ezinhlanzi, na?

₈Beka isandla sakho kuye;

khumbula ukulwa; awusayikukuphinda.

₉Bheka, ithemba lakho liyakhohlisa;

nangokumbona nje uyawiswa phansi.

₁₀Akakho onesibindi sokumvusa.

Ngubani, pho, ongema phambi kwami na?

₁₁Ngubani ongandulele ukuba ngimbuyisele na?

Konke okuphansi kwezulu kungokwami.

₁₂Angiyikuthula ngezitho zakhe,

nangendaba yamandla akhe, nangesimo sakhe esihle.

₁₃Ngubani ongakhumula isambatho sakhe esingaphandle;

ngubani ongangena phakathi kwemihlathi yakhe emibili na?

₁₄Izicabha zobuso bakhe ngubani ongazivula na?

Amazinyo akhe ayesabeka nxazonke.

₁₅Umhlane wakhe uyizinhla zezihlangu;

zinamathelisiwe njengangophawu.

₁₆Zisondelene esinye kwesinye,

kungangeni-moya phakathi kwazo.

₁₇Zinamathelene;

zibambelene, azinakwahlukaniswa.

₁₈Ukutimula kwakhe kubengezela ngokukhanya;

amehlo akhe anjengezinkophe zokusa.

₁₉Emlonyeni wakhe kuphuma izihlanti,

nezinhlansi zomlilo ziyaqhasha.

₂₀Emakhaleni akhe kuphuma umusi

njengasocweni esibilayo nasemihlangeni eshayo.

₂₁Ukuphefumula kwakhe kokhela amalahle,

nelangabi liphuma emlonyeni wakhe.

₂₂Entanyeni yakhe kuhlala amandla,

nengebhe iyaxhuma phambi kwakhe.

₂₃Amanya enyama yakhe anamathelene;

abunjiwe kuye, awanakususwa.

₂₄Inhliziyo yakhe iqinile njengetshe,

yebo, iqinile njengetshe lokusila elingaphansi.

₂₅Ekuvukeni kwakhe abanamandla bayesaba;

ngenxa yevuso baphela amandla.

₂₆Noma inkemba ifinyelela kuye, ayinakusiza,

noma umkhonto nomcibisholo nengcula.

₂₇Insimbi uyishaya utshani,

nethusi ibunga.

₂₈Umcibisholo awunakumxosha;

amatshe endwayimana aphenduka amabibi kuye.

₂₉Izagila uzishaya amabibi;

uyahleka ukugunquza kwengcula.

₃₀Ingaphansi lakhe linjengezindengezi ezibukhali;

uyenaba njengesibhuqo odakeni.

₃₁Wenza inzulu ibile njengekhanzi;

wenza ulwandle lufane nomfuma wamafutha.

₃₂Wenza umgudu ukhazimule emva kwakhe;

kungathi utwa lungwevu.

₃₃Emhlabeni akukho okufana naye

owenziwa abe-ngongesabiyo.

₃₄Ubona konke okuphakemeyo;

uyinkosi phezu kwabo bonke abantwana bokuzikhukhumeza.